Definitions for Bestseller
ˈbɛstˈsɛl ərbest·seller

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1. best seller, bestsellernoun

   a book that has had a large and rapid sale

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1. bestsellernoun

   A book or other product that has sold in large numbers.

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1. Bestseller

   A bestseller is a book or other media noted for its top selling status, with bestseller lists published by newspapers, magazines, and book store chains. Some lists are broken down into classifications and specialties (novel, nonfiction book, cookbook, etc.). An author may also be referred to as a bestseller if their work often appears in a list. Well-known bestseller lists in the U.S. are published by Publishers Weekly, USA Today, The New York Times and The Washington Post. Most of these lists track book sales from national and independent bookstores, as well as sales from major internet retailers such as Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.In everyday use, the term bestseller is not usually associated with a specified level of sales, and may be used very loosely indeed in publishers' publicity. Books of superior academic value tend not to be bestsellers, although there are exceptions. Lists simply give the highest-selling titles in the category over the stated period. Some books have sold many more copies than current "bestsellers", but over a long period of time. Blockbusters for films and chart-toppers in recorded music are similar terms, although, in film and music, these measures generally are related to industry sales figures for attendance, requests, broadcast plays, or units sold. Particularly in the case of novels, a large budget and a chain of literary agents, editors, publishers, reviewers, retailers, librarians, and marketing efforts are involved in "making" bestsellers, that is, trying to increase sales. Steinberg defined a bestseller as a book for which demand, within a short time of that book's initial publication, vastly exceeds what is then considered to be big sales.

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1. Bestseller

   A bestseller is a book that is identified as extremely popular by its inclusion on lists of currently top selling or frequently borrowed titles that are based on publishing industry and book trade figures and library circulation statistics and then published by newspapers, magazines, or bookstore chains. Some lists are broken down into classifications and specialities. The New York Times Best Seller list is one of the best-known bestseller lists for the US. The New York Times Best Seller list tracks National and Independent book stores, as well as sales from major Internet retailers such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Another well-regarded list is published by Publishers Weekly. In everyday use, the term bestseller is not usually associated with a specified level of sales, and may be used very loosely indeed in publisher's publicity. Bestsellers tend not to be books considered of superior academic value or literary quality, though there are exceptions. Lists simply give the highest-selling titles in the category over the stated period. Some books have sold many more copies than contemporary "bestsellers", but over a long period of time.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Bestseller in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Bestseller in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Bestseller in a Sentence

1. Spencer Pratt:

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2. Flannery O'Connor:

   There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.

3. Larry Starr:

   It not only was a No. 1 song during Christmas of the year it was released, 1942, it was No. 1 next year in 1943. And it continued to show up on the bestseller charts for years afterwards, write a good secular holiday tune, one that is not limited by very specifically religious imagery in the words, and you might have a perennial hit.

4. Jean Guerrero:

   They never reviewed the book, they've never reviewed the movie, my first book, 'The 10 Things You Can't Say in America' made the LA Times bestseller list, as I mentioned.

5. Simon Schuster:

   Carolyn Reidy was equally attentive, on a personal level, to our authors, to whom Carolyn Reidy sent handwritten notes when they received awards, made the bestseller list, or simply to let them know when Carolyn Reidy finished reading Avon Books.

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